Ruby-Eyed Cat (Yakut Gözlü Kedi) (translated)

Nejat Saydam directed the black-and-white Turkish film Yakut Gözlü Kedi (Ruby-Eyed Cat) in 1966. Mixing crime, adventure and comedy, it adapts Ümit Deniz's 1961 novel of the same name, co-written for the screen by Saydam and Deniz. It runs about 100 minutes and was produced by Murat Köseoğlu for Acar Film. Cüneyt Arkın stars as Murat Davman, a journalist and amateur detective facing a tougher puzzle this time.

The story revolves around two rubies. Said to be worth ten million, they once sat on a Buddha statue some two thousand years ago; after thefts they became the eyes of a cat figure and brought owners misfortune. Years later, at a party in a mansion in Çamlıca, a scream rises from the garden and the family's pasha is found hanging from a tree. Murat, who is close to the pasha's granddaughter Aylin (Selda Alkor), takes charge. Neriman Köksal plays Aylin's sister Serap, Muammer Gözalan the pasha's son Muhtar Molvan, and Hüseyin Zan the waiter Ali Korkmaz, and Hayri Esen is Inspector Necdet Atak. As questioning proceeds, traces of an earlier killing and a revenge plan surface.

Melih Sertesen shot it and Tuncer Aydınoğlu composed the music. Suzan Avcı and Tunç Oral appear; Cüneyt Arkın is dubbed by Sadettin Erbil.